Two days after Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano State presented the staff of office to four new first class emirs he recently appointed, a Kano State High Court sitting in Ungogo Local Govt Area has reversed the appointment and the installation of the emirs. Justice Nasiru Saminu, the Presiding Judge, ordered a return to status…
Court Mediates between Ganduje and Emir of Kano
It was an indication of how delicate and emotional issues surrounding the Kano Emirship is for many that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje quietly presented the staff of office to the four First Class Emirs he newly appointed after signing into law a bill breaking the Kano emirate into five. No pomp, no pageantry and the festivities…
Kano Governorship: No Victory Dance Yet
After a controversial victory at the polls, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano faces tough battles ahead Kano, usually a hotbed of ethno-religious violence, has been calm in the last few years. But residents of kano are no longer sure whether things would stay the way they had been, no thanks to a governorship election that…
The Task to Heal Wounds in Kaduna
Nasir El-Rufai has won his election for a second term as governor of Kaduna State. He must now win the hearts of the people who rejected him at the polls for the state to have peace. Governor Nasir el-Rufai, had in November last year explained why he picked Hadiza Balarabe, a fellow Muslim, as his…
Tension in Kaduna as PDP Alleges Electoral Fraud
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has kicked, alleging fraud and irregularities, as Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leads from the results released so far in the Saturday gubernatorial election. Results from 11 local government areas so far collated at the INEC headquarters in Kaduna show that, Governor…
There May be Violence If APC Rigs, PDP Raises Alarm
Umar Sani, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Stakeholders Forum in the Kaduna State, said he has received reports of possible outbreak of violence if the result of the election does not reflect the votes of the people. Sani, who spoke to TELL in Kaduna, disclosed that the party’s agents on the field across…
Governorship Election: Religion Rules the Air in Kaduna
Voters in Kaduna State go to the polls to elect a governor and members of the state house of assembly in an election whose major undercurrent is religion. Thirty-four political parties fielded governorship candidates in Saturday’s election, but the contest is a two-horse race. The election is a straight fight between the ruling All Progressives…
Low Turnout May Mar Elections in Kaduna
Supporters of the two leading parties in Kaduna state are apprehensive over low turnout of voters. Polling units visited in the metropolis recorded fewer voters compared to the presidential election. At the Gaji ward 029 where 1297 voters are on the register, less than 60 persons were seen on the queue when the reporter visited…
INEC, Police Read Riot Act, Say No Card Reader, No Vote
Ahead of the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kaduna State and the State Police Command have warned voters not to approach any polling centre without their PVC. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Kaugama Abdullahi has warned that there will be no voting where there is no card…
Kano Voters Say Police Hinder Voting
Some voters have alleged that police in Kano are mounting roadblocks to stop people from reaching their polling units. A voter who cast his vote at Gidan Hausawa polling unit told the reporter that police are stopping voters from looking for their polling units. “Three people have called to tell me they were stopped from…
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